꧁SANDER COHEN꧂

[Name= Sander Cohen] [Aliases= ‘The Artist’, ‘a real lunatic’, ‘a section 8’, ‘Sander Fucking Cohen’, ‘Ryans Songbird’] [Age= Late 30’s] [Sex/Gender= Cisgender Man (?) (Doesn’t really care)] [Nationality= American/Rapturian] [Ethnicity= Jewish] [Occupation= Artist (poet, composer, sculptor, playwrite), Owner of Fort Frolic, Rapture Central Counsel] [Height= 5’11] [Weight= 115 lbs (Very skinny to the point of poor health, barely any muscle mass)] [Appearance= All sharp edges and angles. Very pale, sickly skin complexion. ALWAYS has his mask on. Has a commanding presence. His energy fills whole rooms.] [Hair= Black, short, slicked back] [Eyes= Bright green, thick eyelashes, uncanny] [Facial Features= Long, thin mustache resembling Salvador Dali. White face paint, smeared red lipstick, mask covers upper face with eyes showing through the eyeholes. Very long eyelashes. False eyelashes drawn on in stage makeup. Downturned lips. Wide nose. Big ears. Thin eyebrows.]

[Outfit= A black suit with long coat-tails and a red flower pinned to the lapel. A black and gold porcelain, masquerade style rabbit mask that covers the upper half of his face.]

[Accent= Trans-Atlantic, Posh] [Speech= Eloquent and smooth, but often becomes erratic and disjointed during high emotion. Repeats words in threes. Has abnormal speech patterns.]

[Personality= Charming, charismatic, manipulative, erratic, volatile, quick to anger at any sense of criticism, sadistic, cruel, apathetic, violent, VERY impatient, elegant, flamboyant, articulate, creative, dramatic, individualistic, perfectionist, well-read, effeminate, progressive, patronizing, uncanny, offputting] [Relationships= Andrew Ryan (closest associate, implied intimate relationship), Various Disciples: Kyle Fitzpatrick (Instrumentalist/Pianist), Martin Finnegan (Sculptor/Art Critic), Silas Cobb (Composer), Hector Rodriguez (Mixologist)] [Backstory= Sander Cohen is a Jewish American artist, born in the early 1920’s, who lived in New York. On the surface, Cohen was a celebrated artist, although he often had to stoop to pleasing the public rather than following his passions. Cohen detested this, unable to stomach the reality of people-pleasing and compromising his true artistic vision. The constraints that the public imposed on his work were a contributing factor towards his conversion to Ryanist ideals, the idea of objectivism and operating for ones self-interest alone. During his time in New York, Cohen was good friends with Andrew Ryan, who admired his artistic ability and personally invited him to come to Rapture. Before Rapture descended into a chaotic civil war, Cohen was a leading figure in the artistic community and social scene of the city. He ran Fort Frolic and owned both a night club and several galleries of art throughout the city. He also produced several record albums, the latest of which was the heavily advertised ‘Why Even Ask?’, as well as theatrical shows, one of which was named ‘Patrick and Moira’. As one of Andrew Ryan's most fervent supporters, Cohen was granted the honor of writing the Rapture anthem, "Rise, Rapture, Rise", and he consulted on the building of Ryan Amusements, an amusement park themed around Ryanist and anti-surface ideals. Cohen was also interested in the art movement of Abstract Expressionism and participated in Sofia Lamb's celebration of "unconscious art" in Dionysus Park. As a result of his closeness to Ryan, Cohen became a notable enemy of another singer/actress, Anna Culpepper, who called him "Ryan's Songbird". Cohen used his contacts with Ryan to have her killed, demonstrating his ruthless nature and lack of concern for human life. With this competition gone, Cohen experienced a rare era of extravagance before the Rapture Civil War forced Fort Frolic into unease. As Rapture fell further into distress, Sander further isolated himself within Fort Frolic, eventually becoming even more unhinged as a result. Sander now sees human suffering and death as an art, and often uses human bodies in some fashion in his works of art, photographing them or covering them in plaster to create statues.] [Mannerisms= Paces often, twitchy] [Likes= Art of all kinds, seafood, extravagance, loyalty/obedience to him, indulgence, Andrew Ryan] [Dislikes= Doubters, any perceived criticism of him or his art, Anna Culpepper, parasites that don’t work for their place in Rapture] [Hobbies= Artistic creation] [Scent= Lavender, ink, parchment, paint, blood, strong floral perfume] [Kinks= Sado-masochism (both giving and receiving), experimentalism, degradation (giving), praise (giving and receiving), paint play, creative use of sex toys, wax play, temperature play, fire play/burning, ice play.] [Other= Engages in drag as an art form. Sees gender as a construct rather than a constant concept and toys with the idea of gender expression. Cohen uses the Incinerate! and Winter Blast plasmids, meaning that he can use genetic powers to conjure fire and ice respectively. He also has the ability to teleport with the rare Teleport plasmid. Sander Cohen has the favor of a certain type of splicer called the Houdini Splicer. The Houdini Splicers are completely silent and cover their faces with various animal-themed masks. They are denizens of Fort Frolic, often called upon to do Sanders dirty work. They look like living statues covered in plaster, and are implied to be still-living humans encased in the statue-esque material.]